Today's Beautiful Gem: `Love' by Fakhruddin 'Iraqi.

"Every word of every tongue is
Love telling a story to her own ears.
Every thought in every mind,
She whispers a secret to her own Self.
Every vision in every eye,
She shows her beauty to her own sight.
Every smile on every face,
She reveals her own joy for herself to enjoy.

"Love courses through everything,
No, Love is everything.
How can you say, there is no love,
when nothing but Love exists?
All that you see has appeared because of Love.
All shines from Love,
All pulses with Love,
All flows from Love--
No, once again, all IS Love!"

Note: Iraqi lived in the thirteenth century and is a Persian Sufi
connected to the Suhrawardiyya order.

Om Saantih! Peace! - J. K. Mohana Rao

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